Christmas with Saint Nicholas at Christkindlmarkt takes place over three Saturdays, Nov. 30, Dec. 7 and 14, from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. Tickets can be purchased online. Your ticket will also give you early admittance and all day admittance to the Christkindlmarkt. Expect a line for the breakfast. (It was a much smaller queue than the one for Christkindlmarkt).

Many parents used the waiting time to take a photos in front of the large Christmas tree in the lobby.

Breakfast and St. Nicholas were available all through the event. A photographer takes a photo of each family with St. Nicholas, and you pick up your 5x7 print at the end of the event.

After seeing Saint Nicholas, children received a gift from the Crayola Experience.

The breakfast included eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausage, biscuits, Danish, mini donuts, fruit and juices.

As children finished breakfast, they were invited to make a “stained glass” house craft from craft sticks and paper and ribbons and sequins. All the volunteers are very friendly, and St. Nick was warm, kind and patient with the children.